When Politics Get Personal: Politicians’ Most Insulting Slurs & Feuds

Kim Jung Un Called Trump A “Dotard”

North Korean dictators are no strangers to insulting U.S. officials. Former North Korean leaders described Lyndon B. Johnson as a “living corpse,” George W. Bush as a “tyrannical imbecile” and Barack Obama as a “clown” and a “monkey.” But the insults have gotten even worse ever since President Trump took office. After Trump called Kim Jung Un the “Rocket Man on a suicide mission,” the North Korean dictator responded by using the 14th-century-word “dotard” to describe his adversary. The word means “an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.” We’re not sure whose insult was worse.